Other With the growing competition and alternatives, why do you choose to stick with iPhone (and iOS)?

[MacDaddyPanda]

I stick with iPhone because it just works mostly seamlessly with the things I use it for. I recently dipped my toe back into Android with S22 Ultra. I posted in another thread outlining that so I won't repeat it again here, but ultimately I came back because ios and the supporting apps and power management is just better experience for my experience.

 

[danb1979]

Similar to above really...

Everything I have is Apple; but lately the iPhones have just left me cold... I'd been running Android for years & always Google or Samsung (Nexus 6, 6P / Samsung Note 10 Plus, 20 Ultra, S21 Ultra, Pixel 6 Pro and then briefly the 7 Pro) but having had the recent iPhone 13 Pro Max and now the 14 Pro Max; I feel that the iPhones are where I want them to be and their cameras are the ones to beat, IMO

Plus the iPhone 'just works' if that makes sense...

Android is superbly customisable but it's not as slick as iOS

And the big thing for me is that I much prefer a larger, wider, flat screen over a taller, curved screen!

Android handsets were at their best with the Nexus 6 & 6P IMO; big, flat screens! Samsungs move to curved screens has spoiled that, for me. They've all followed suit...

Just need Apple to pull their finger out and move the iPhones to USB C now!

 

[I7guy]

Go to Android to me, would be akin to using Red Hat as my primary desktop in-lieu of Windows. Not that there is anything wrong with Android or Red Hat. I got very used to the tight integration of the Apple ecosystem and that integration trumps some of the other functionality that Android may have that IOs does not.

 

[ian87w]

Usefull but trackpad + IOS doesn’t sound like sth convenient
except when working with files or playing videos

Apple’s vision is continuity and handoff, where each app exist in both iOS and macOS, and simply handoff whatever you’re doing to the native app of each platform. However, there is huge disparity between apps available on iOS and macOS. This is why imo Microsoft’s way is quite ingenious. Simply mirror the phone to the desktop and then you can quickly do whatever you need from the phone that you cannot do on the desktop without having to operate the actual phone. I scoffed at it at first as well, but once I use it irl, it was actually quite useful for productivity.

 

[Apple$]

I'm always fascinated by people "switching." I mean why do people only want to be on one side? Just use both. I use both Android and iOS, enjoying each strengths. Nobody's telling me that I can only use one and not the other.

Besides, unless you only use free apps, sooner or later, you will accumulate enough investment in the platform that it doesn't make sense to just "switch." So the best way is just use both.

I use Android for their versatility. On the other hand, I use iOS for their security and privacy (in terms of how much data are exposed and easily siphoned of by 3rd party developers).

Absolutely! I like to have multiple devices because they make me appreciate the pros and cons of each OS. I use a Samsung A53 for my main phone, a iPad Air 3 and a iPhone 7 (using like a iPod touch) for the iOS experience, and a Lenovo Yoga 6 for my PC.

 

[curnalpanic]

Eric Snowden

Who is that? Edward's brother?

 

[Tdude96]

High quality equipment, somewhat better privacy & security practices, no "need" to mess around with settings, the ease of the Apple ecosystem.

 

[Sami13496]

My reason for using only Apple:

• Better overall usability and user experience.
• Refined and evolved design both in hardware and software - design philosophy is evolution, not redesign for the sake of redesign.
• iOS is clean, easy to use. Not messy (meaning not too many options to cover all possible, even marginal, use cases).
• Premium build quality and feel even with “cheaper” models (like XR, SE). And you get same iOS on all price levels.
• Longevity both in software and hardware. Meaning software support, and iPhone doesn’t get laggy (at least for my use case) even after years of use. I used my iPhone 6 from 2015 until 2019 when I got my current XR, which still feels as fast as when I bought it. I think I can use this one easily until software support ends or battery health decreases.
• Ecosystem makes everything seamless across devices and apps. It’s like magic. Like AirPods just working with all your devices, iCloud, everything.
• Privacy.
• Environmental aspect. Yes I know some of it maybe fluff, but at least they are trying.

 

[v0lume4]

I like to change operating systems from time to time just because it’s fun. It’s gets boring seeing the same thing every day.

My previous phone was an Android device — a Nexus 6P. I owned it for five years and I loved it. My current phone is an iPhone SE 2022. Truthfully, the reason I still am using it is because the size. Nowhere else can I get a device this size. I’d otherwise be on the Pixel 7. But iOS has been pleasant enough, if only for the change.

I was on macOS for 12 years with my 2010 MacBook Pro. I switched back to Windows with the laptop I purchased last year. It’s really been only positives to be honest. I’m loving it.

It’s great to have choices. It’s fun to change things up.

 

[v0lume4]

Never been the ecosystem for me. Apple denied me access to the ecosystem in 2012 when they cut off my PowerBook G4 from syncing with iTunes. I was forced to find workarounds.

With the exception of iMessage I've got everything else covered by Dropbox, Google and other third parties. You can use the iPhone/iPad/Mac without the Apple ecosystem.

Yesss. Third party services, always. It is in Dropbox, Google, et al.’s best financial interest to support as many platforms as possible. That’s invaluable as a customer.

 

[Thoradin]

There is no growing competition, there is either iPhone or Android.

Over the years I’ve used every possible mobile platform. I started straight from school as a Nokia technician, I was there through the launch of Series 60 and Series 80. I did some freelance work on HTC Sense for Windows Mobile, owned multiple Android phones until the Galaxy S2 (and hated them all), BlackBerry’s, webOS, BB10 and Windows phone 7, 8 and 10.
Eventually I landed back on Android with a BlackBerry KeyOne after WM10 and BB10 crashed. Loved the hardware, hated Android. It was such an awful mess, still with the same memory leak issues as early builds that require a weekly restart or you’d miss calls and texts. Why do you think Android phones need 16gb RAM? They use it to mask the legacy memory leak issues.

That pushed me over the edge and onto iPhone in 2019, I haven’t looked back. I’ve actually owned the 12 Pro from launch and it’s the longest I’ve ever daily driven a phone in my entire life, it’s that good.

The only thing that could possibly make me consider switching is a serious contender with a mainline Linux kernel and some form of RISC-V architecture, but that is a long way off right now.

 

[Ac1d 8urn]

It was such an awful mess, still with the same memory leak issues as early builds that require a weekly restart or you’d miss calls and texts. Why do you think Android phones need 16gb RAM? They use it to mask the legacy memory leak issues.

I tried to explain this to someone on reddit once and I got downvoted 😅 Android phones having more RAM does not make them better, it just means they need more RAM.

 

[Danfango]

Honestly I'm not a fan of the iPhone as a whole. It's quite frankly too expensive. But the other manufacturers don't sell products that are actually finished from a software and hardware perspective so I'm a prisoner of the ecosystem. The closest we ever got to a viable competitor to Apple/iOS was (don't laugh) Windows Phone. It was cheap, well engineered, had a similar ecosystem idea around it, a good software security posture, decent development toolchain, proper online service support and was easy to use. But Microsoft ****ed it right up. I bet if they tried again now they could pull it off but they're too busy selling Android widgets now to try and re-enter the market.

Microsoft could produce a revamped Windows phone with Windows Phone 11 or whatever it'd be called on it with an updated Metro UI, Outlook, Todo, WhatsApp, Excel, OneNote, modern Edge, decent camera, battery life, NFC payments. If it was under 350 GBP with an economy device for £150 and decent global repair and support network and corporate AD/MDM support, in 2023 it'd absolutely destroy the rest of the market.

Android is too buggity. iOS is too expensive. There's room for another vendor.

 

[ACE_350]

Because it’s what I’m used to and it’s very hard to break nearly 15 years of muscle memory.

To be honest, I like Android better. I haven’t really been happy with Apple’s iPhone releases the past few years. I’m not a big fan of the Pros design and weight. On the standard models, I don’t like the colors. Can we please get a black iPhone back and not “midnight” !?!

Honestly the last iPhone models I really liked was the 11 /11 pro /11 pro max. I really want to go back to rounded corners.

I don’t own any other Apple products. Just the iPhone. My best friend used an iPhone and most of my family, so iMessage makes the most sense.

Used to own Macs. But haven’t now for 4 years. iPhone is all I have left with Apple.

 

[Momof2.1107]

The customer service is top notch, my Apple products work and whenever there was an issue, Apple made sure I was taken care of. I just ventured into using the HomePod now and haven’t been disappointed yet.

 

[Momof2.1107]

I tried Android in the past and didn't care for it. By 2020 I thought I'd try again, but elected to get a phone from the source - Google. So, for a year I used a Google Pixel 3a XL.

That's a nice phone (I still have it), but now stuck on Android 12. Android has improved, but iOS still has consistency and standards going for it.

I like the iPhone well enough (I hate the camera bumps), but a year on Android showed me that it's actually iOS that attracts me to Apple.

I did however, jailbreak all my iPhones except the current one. iOS without Apple's restrictions allowed me to have things for years that were not available on a stock iPhone. Sadly, it also has allowed me to see where Apple comes up short a lot in relation to jailbreak tweaks and apps.

I love jail breaking my iPhones. I’m currently waiting for a jailbreak for my 14 Pro Max. With iOS 16 I haven’t missed the jailbreak as much.

 

[eyoungren]

I love jail breaking my iPhones. I’m currently waiting for a jailbreak for my 14 Pro Max. With iOS 16 I haven’t missed the jailbreak as much.

I maintained a jailbreak on iOS 9.0.1 (on my iPhone 6s+) from October 2015 to December 2020. Ultimately, I wiped that phone and updated for a couple of reasons. One, it was no longer my primary phone, two, five years in the jailbreak world is a very long time and lots of tweaks had simply broken by that point, and three, I wanted to try iOS 14.

I know I'd still be involved if fully-untethered jailbreaks were still a thing (they aren't) and if there were equivalent tweaks for what I used to have. But a lot of devs had called it quits since even before 2015 so it was just a PITA trying to work with some of the broken stuff.

 

[Ac1d 8urn]

I love jail breaking my iPhones. I’m currently waiting for a jailbreak for my 14 Pro Max. With iOS 16 I haven’t missed the jailbreak as much.

I miss jailbreaking, loved it on my 8+ back on iOS 13. It seems so difficult now :/

 

[MBAir2010]

NO
completion means something might be good as something else
no way any manufacture in our solar system can phone like  does!
even the blue one no-one can get that color!

 

[1rottenapple]

i tested, for a few weeks, an android phone a few months ago. Very nice and impressive. Screen was gorgeous. Battery life was great.build quality greet. It was the pixel 6. No real issue. I would get it. Only thing is it’s just a big phone!

But having an iPad Pro, iPad mini, iPhone, MacBook, Apple Watch. They work together. I really like my Apple Watch I find it handy and helpful. Switching would make my Watch much less useful.

 

[phrehdd]

I am using both iOS and android... I first learned android but the first device I owned myself is an iPhone 5 and right now I have iPhone 7 Plus and Galaxy S10+ as well as iPad 6 and Galaxy Tab A 8.0" 2019

I still use the iPhone 7 Plus and Galaxy S10+ for the hardware features no longer available/offered in the newer versions/releases...

There are things in both camps that I like... Using expandable storage in S10+ which is no longer available in most android phones and AirDrop in iPhones which I use when transferring files, photos, videos, between Apple devices but because I use a Windows computer I have to use SendAnywhere since only Apple devices have AirDrop functionality...

I know there are Windows laptops that have AirDrop-like functionality but since my current Windows computer is still working for me, I will continue on using SendAnywhere as AirDrop alternative... I am mostly a Windows user even though in the past I have tried macOS through Hackintosh and I only use the EXFAT file system on the SD card of my DSLR camera...

S10+ has two features I find that are way better than Apple - audio (higher resolution plays naturally), earphone jack, and Bluetooth able to offer up other codecs. The other feature is the customizable screens. Apple's widgets are coming close but not really close enough. S10+ was my last Samsung before iPhone 13 Pro Max. I only will say that though I will not get the audio "as is" from Apple, I do get that eco system which is great for my needs.

 

[IG88]

Apple supports their iOS hardware significantly longer.

 

[1BadManVan]

Simple and less glitches, better and longer software support and the ecosystem works extremely well. Haven’t had a reason to move from iPhone in years. Last time I tried was the Note 7, and most know how that turned out. Tried the Note 8 and was just quite disappointed in the performance and optimization.

After that I went back to iPhone, expanded to the iPad and now a MacBook. No tweaking and having to download programs and apps to make them talk to each other, it all just works.

 

[saber32au]

For me, it's primarily due to Apple supporting their devices for long periods.

Quite nice buying a 1-2 year old second hand iphone, and knowing if I take care of the phone, I can use it for the next 4-5 years.

It allows me to save time and money, and use it for things I value far more then an iphone itself...

Apps wise, yes, there is less choice in apps (compared to Andriod), but in many instances the ios app appears (to me) to be more "polished" then the android equivalent app.

As for the "apple ecosystem": for me, it's very over-rated. Even when I had more Apple devices than I do today, I never really saw the benefit. But I appreciate that others see benefits in the ecosystem, so it's not all bad.

 

[ian87w]

Apple supports their iOS hardware significantly longer.

Yes and no.

Yes in terms of main OS updates, 5 years with continuing security patches. However, iOS' main problem is its monolithic nature, locking in many stock apps with the main OS updates. Once your device is dropped from main OS upgrade support, none of the first party apps like Safari get any updates either. So while an iPhone can enjoy great OS support for at least 5 years from its release, after that, it won't even be able to run the latest Safari, which might bear new security concerns.

This is in contrast with Android. Google's efforts in compartmentalizing Android to combat fragmentation has bore great fruits with majority of the stock apps are updateable independently from the main OS update. So while a device might no longer get any main OS update after 3 or 4 years, pretty much most of the stock apps are still updateable and patched (browser, messaging app, etc) indefinitely. Google also took some controls back via Google Play Services updates, which can still be delivered when a device is long out of support. This is how Google managed to drop new features like Nearby Share (Android's take on Airdrop) to old devices running Android 6.